None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.

We cannot possibly imagine the variety of contradictions in every heart.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.

We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.